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BIOGRAPHY
Born on 23 November 1980 in Mangalia – Romania
A photographer speaks firstly through his images, while his inner thoughts materialize in photos that represent him. This is the reason for which you don’t find here emphatic words and details in which you will lose yourself.
Although I am originally from Dambovita County, since 2003 I have chosen to spend my life in Brasov. Since I have been in high school I fell in love with photography, but my hobby shaped the moment I moved to Brasov and during my first contact with EXDECO photo club. Here I was able to remark the artistic aspect of photography, not only the “vacation” one that I knew by then.
The passion for image was born especially from that for the nature, chiefly for the mountain. I like mostly to take photos of the natural environment, of places as wild as possible and full of life. I have never forgotten the traditional Romanian village as well as places full of history.
“The only way you can make time stop is to take a photo.”
Dan Dinu is the vicepresident of EXDECO Photooclub from Brasov and the manager of PHOTOLIFE project. Till now he published photos, articles and interviews in PHOTO Travel, PHOTO Magazine, CHIP foto-video, Holidays & Travels Magazine, www.fotografa.ro, www.fotomagazin.ro, www.nikonisti.ro.
Dan Dinu has over 70 photographical works accepted in national and international photography salons and is an artist of the International Federation of Photographic Art with AFIAP distinction.
RECOGNITION :: EXHIBITIONS
AWARDS
2004 – 4th place at “Summer of 2004 … moments” competition held by AIUDonline
2005 – 1st place at PHOTO Magazine competition – “Rural life” theme
2005 – 2nd place at National Salon of Touristy Photography, held by Holidays & Travels Magazine – Tourist Destinations section
2005 – 4th place at national contest of photography “see Orange”, the 4th edition, Color photography section
2005 – 4th place at National Salon of Photographical Art Muntenia – Millennium III Campina, Digital photography section
2006 – 1st place at the competition organized by www.fotomagazin.ro, “Solitude” theme
2006 – 4th place at National Salon of Photographical Art Muntenia – Millennium III Campina, Black & White photography section
2006 – Gold medal at National Salon of Photographical Art Muntenia – Millennium III Campina, Color photography section
2007 – 1st place at the competition organized by www.fotomagazin.ro, “Holidays and Travels” theme
2007 - University Cultural Centre Sibiu Award, International Photographic Salon Sibiu
2007 - 2nd Place at november month contest on www.fotopedia.ro
2008 - 2nd place at National Geographic photo contest "Fotografia Ta - Traffic", organized by www.natgeo.ro
2008 - 2nd place at TRIERENBERG International Photographic Circuit, Austria
2011 - AFIAP distinction awarded by International Federation of Photographyc Art
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS AND SLIDESHOWS
2005 – “Romania throughout seasons” slideshow, Youth Center of Brasov
2007 – Personal exhibition of photography “Chamonix – Mont Blanc” with the assistance of “Reduta” Cultural Center in Brasov
2007 – “Traveler in the Country of Gods”, a video projection about Dacic fortresses, with the assistance of “Reduta” Cultural Center in Brasov
2007 – “Chamonix – Mont Blanc” video projection in Cluj Napoca, with the assistance of CTM Mountain’s Eye, Alpine Club Apuseni and Alpinet Project
2007 – “White Mountain” video projection, with the assistance of “Reduta” Cultural Center
2007 – “Maramures” exhibition & slideshow in Brasov, with the assistance of “Reduta” Cultural Center and “TeeHaus” tea house in Brasov
2008 - Photo exhibition "Brasov - Architecture" organized by Okian bookstore and Brashow, in Brasov
2008 - Photo exhibition "Dolomiti" organized by Reduta Cultural Center, in Brasov
2009 - Slideshow "Dolomiti" and "Northern Italy" at Sindicate Cultural Center from Sibiu
2010 - Photo exhibition "Danube - from the Black Forest to the Black Sea" organized with Okian bookstore and Reduta Cultural Center, in Brasov
2010 - Photo exhibition "Danube - from the Black Forest to the Black Sea" organized with Sibiu City Hall
2010 - Photo exhibition "Panoramas" organized with Students Cultural House, in Brasov
2010 - Photo exhibition "Danube - from the Black Forest to the Black Sea" organized with Reactiv and CMSNGL in Galati
2010 - Slideshow "Danube - from the Black Forest to the Black Sea" organized with Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve in Tulcea
2010 - Photo exhibition and slideshow "Iceland" organized in Brasov and Bucuresti
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 – Group exhibition having ecological theme “Week of the Earth”, held by The Center of Activities and Ecological Resources – Brasov
2006 – Group exhibition “Brasov – Alpine city or mountain of garbage?” held by Students’ Cultural Center and Club of Preserving Nature and Tourism in Brasov
2008 - Group exhibition "Busteni 2007" organized by Fotografa.ro and Cultural House at Busteni
2008 - Group exhibition "Hai la Tara" at "Reduta" Cultural Center
2010 - Group exhibition organized by WWF (World Wild Fund for Nature) for the Carpathians National Parks Day in Bucharest
2010 - Group exhibition "Travel Destinations", organized by Nikon in Baneasa Shopping City in Bucharest
2010 - Group exhibition "Romania Pitoreasca", organized by AAFR (Romanian Photographic Artist Association) at Ismail in Ukraine
2010 - Group exhibition "Calare in Carpati", organizad by AER (Romanian Ecoturism Asociation) in Bucharest
2010 - "AVES" exhibition, organized with Cristian Goga at OKIAN library in Brasov
2010 - Group exhibition "The Mountain", organized with Exdeco Fotoclub at the Urban Civilization Muzeul in Brasov
2011 - Group exhibition "Delta Dunarii - paradisul in periocol" organized by WWF and Asociatia Salvati Dunarea si Delta at European Parliament in Bruxelles
2011 - "AVES" exhibition, organized with Cristian Goga at Heinz Sielmann Naturparkzentrum Wanninchen in Germany
